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2. Earwax - Wikipedia

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   Earwax protects the skin of the human ear canal, assists in cleaning and lubrication, and provides protection against bacteria, fungi, particulate matter, and water. [1] Major components of earwax include cerumen, produced by a type of modified sweat gland, and sebum, an oily substance. Both components are made by glands located in the outer [2 ...

3. Ear pick - Wikipedia

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   A bamboo ear pick with a down puff. A metal ear pick. Ear picks, also called ear scoops, or ear spoons, or earpicks, are a type of curette used to clean the ear canal of earwax (cerumen). They are preferred and are commonly used in East Asia, South Asia and Southeast Asia because Asians tend to develop dry ear wax. [1] [2]

4. Ear picking - Wikipedia

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   Ear scooping, also known as Ear picking (Chinese: simplified Chinese: 采耳; traditional Chinese: 採耳; pinyin: Cǎi ěr ), is a type of traditional ear hygiene and leisure activities commonly found in Asia. [1] It involves the process of removing earwax using various tools. Ear picking service in China for leisure and pleasure dates back to ...

5. Cerumenolytic - Wikipedia

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   A cerumenolytic is an ear wax ( cerumen) softening agent. Common cerumenolytics such as hydrogen peroxide and hydrogen peroxide - urea (also called carbamide peroxide) are topical preparations used to facilitate the removal of ear wax. Their side effects tend to be mild, including ear discomfort, transient loss of hearing, dizziness, and local ...

6. List of instruments used in otorhinolaryngology, head and ...

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   Katz extractor. to remove nasal foreign body. Bull's eye lamp. source of light; exiting lens is convex and produces a divergent beam of light. Speculum. to dilate orifices and to see inside. •Thudichum's nasal speculum. -do-; short blades ( uses: anterior rhinoscopy - to see the Little's area, ant-inferior part of nasal septum, anterior part ...

7. Ear candling - Wikipedia

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   Ear candling, also called ear coning or thermal-auricular therapy, is a pseudoscientific [1] alternative medicine practice claiming to improve general health and well-being by lighting one end of a hollow candle and placing the other end in the ear canal. Medical research has shown that the practice is both dangerous and ineffective [2] and ...